| (1) |
Copyright shall not be infringed by any fair dealing with a literary or musical work— |
| (a) |
for the purposes of research or private study by, or the personal or private use of, the person using the work; |
| (b) |
for the purposes of criticism or review of that work or of another work; or |
| (c) |
for the purpose of reporting current events— |
| (i) |
in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; or |
Provided that, in the case of paragraphs (b) and (c) (i), the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work.
| (2) |
The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by using the work for the purposes of judicial proceedings or by reproducing it for the purposes of a report of judicial proceedings. |
| (3) |
The copyright in a literary or musical work which is lawfully available to the public shall not be infringed by any quotation therefrom, including any quotation from articles in newspapers or periodicals that are in the form of summaries of any such work: Provided that the quotation shall be compatible with fair practice, that the extent thereof shall not exceed the extent justified by the purpose and that the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work. |
| (4) |
The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by using such work, to the extent justified by the purpose, by way of illustration in any publication, broadcast or sound or visual record for teaching: Provided that such use shall be compatible with fair practice and that the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work. |
| (a) |
The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by the reproduction of such work by a broadcaster by means of its own facilities where such reproduction or any copy thereof is intended exclusively for lawful broadcasts of the broadcaster and is destroyed before the expiration of a period of six months immediately following the making of the reproduction, or such longer period as may be agreed to by the owner of the relevant part of the copyright in the work. |
| (b) |
Any reproduction of a work made under paragraph (a) may, if it is of an exceptional documentary nature, be preserved in the archives of the broadcaster, but shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, not be used for broadcasting or for any other purpose without the consent of the owner of the relevant part of the copyright in the work. |
| (a) |
The copyright in a lecture, address or other work of a similar nature which is delivered in public shall not be infringed by reproducing it in the press or by broadcasting it, if such reproduction or broadcast is for an informatory purpose. |
| (b) |
The author of a lecture, address or other work referred to in paragraph (a) shall have the exclusive right of making a collection thereof. |
| (7) |
The copyright in an article published in a newspaper or periodical, or in a broadcast, on any current economic, political or religious topic shall not be infringed by reproducing it in the press or broadcasting it, if such reproduction or broadcast has not been expressly reserved and the source is clearly mentioned. |
| (a) |
No copyright shall subsist in official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts, or in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings, or in news of the day that are mere items of press information. |
| (b) |
The author of the speeches referred to in paragraph (a) shall have the exclusive right of making a collection thereof. |
| (9) |
The provisions of subsections (1) to (7) inclusive shall apply also with reference to the making or use of an adaptation of a work. |
| (10) |
The provisions of subsections(6) and (7) shall apply also with reference to a work or an adaptation thereof which is transmitted in a diffusion service. |
| (11) |
The provisions of subsections (1) to (4) inclusive and (6), (7) and (10) shall be construed as embracing the right to use the work in question either in its original language or in a different language, and the right of translation of the author shall, in the latter event, be deemed not to have been infringed. |
| (12) |
The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by the use thereof in a bona fide demonstration of radio or television receivers or any type of recording equipment or playback equipment to a client by a dealer in such equipment. |
| (13) |
An authorisation to use a literary work as a basis for the making of a cinematograph film or as a contribution of a literary work to such making, shall, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, include the right to broadcast such film. |
Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
